JPH11161728A - Meal intake control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meal intake management system for exactly and quickly capturing the meal intake of each of plural persons to be controlled. SOLUTION: This system is provided with an ID identifying means 21 for identifying an ID for specifying a plate on which meal is filled and and electronic beam 22 for electrically measuring the weight of the meal including the plate. The weight information of the meal filled on the plate measured by the electronic beam 22, and the weight information of the plate and remaining meal returned after the meal is received, and the meal intake of a person to be controlled decided corresponding to the ID is calculated, and stored as a new data base. Then, the meal intake is compared with meal intake optimal to the person to be controlled preliminarily stored as a database so that under- and over meal intake can be calculated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dietary intake management system, and more particularly to a dietary intake management system for inputting dietary intake information provided at hospitals, welfare facilities, etc., and efficiently managing individual dietary information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, information on intake of meals provided at hospitals, welfare facilities, and the like provided by individuals is managed by taking into account the medical condition, physical condition, and the like of each individual. Is important.

Conventionally, this type of dietary intake management involves measuring the nutritional amount set for each individual and the actual intake after eating with the remaining amount of meal as a guide, and writing and recording the information in a management notebook by handwriting. Management is performed based on the record information.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional dietary intake management, information on dietary intake, nutritional management for individual individuals and check of favorite items, etc. are confirmed by checking the remaining amount of the diet, It was a manual management such as recording the target amount. Therefore, there is a problem that not only is the actual intake amount ambiguous, but also there is an individual difference between persons who check, and accurate management becomes difficult.

[0005] In addition, the amount of meal is determined by nutrition calculation, but when serving on a plate, the same amount as the calculation is not always provided.

Further, since the management is performed by handwriting, there is a problem that a long time is required for the counting operation.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-248930 discloses a scale used in a cafeteria, a hospital, a catering center, and the like. The scale disclosed herein measures the weight of food, and determines the excess or deficiency of nutrient amount by comparing the nutrient amount of the food measured based on the nutrient data of various foods with a predetermined value. is there. However, this scale obtains the nutrient amount of the food from the measured food amount and the nutrient, and as described above, a system for executing an optimal intake management determined for each of a large number of specific people. No disclosure or suggestion.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a dietary intake management system capable of accurately and quickly grasping the dietary intake of each of a large number of managers.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a food intake management system according to the present invention comprises: an ID identifying means for identifying an ID for identifying a dish on which a meal is served; Having an electronic scale for electrically measuring the weight of the meal, receiving the weight information of the weight of the meal placed on the plate and the plate returned after the meal and the remaining amount of meal measured by the electronic balance, The dietary intake of the managed person determined corresponding to the ID is obtained, stored as a new database, and compared with the optimal dietary intake for the managed person stored in advance as a database. It is configured to calculate the excess or deficiency amount.

Here, a plurality of terminal computers having the ID identification means and the electronic balance are connected to a host computer via a bus, and the ID information and the plates transmitted from the plurality of terminal computers via the bus are stored on a plate. The host computer determines the I based on the weight information of the meal.
The dietary intake of the managed person corresponding to D is obtained and stored as a database. Further, the ID identification means receives the ID information transmitted as a radio signal from an optical identification means for optically reading a bar code displayed on the plate, or a transmitter provided on the plate. I to read
D receiving means.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a food intake management system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a food intake management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a plurality of terminal devices 2, 3,.
, And the host computer 1 are connected via a network (bus BUS), and information on managed persons (facility users) obtained on the terminal devices 2, 3,. Information such as the ID information, the amount of meals and the like on the plate, and the remaining amount on the plate after the meal is transmitted to the host computer 1 via the bus BUS.
Various managements regarding the administrator are performed on the side.

The host computer 1 has information on the manager (for example, an ID for identifying the manager and the manager corresponding to the ID information of the dish, the amount of meals in the morning, noon, and evening meals). Is stored in a memory as a database, and transmits necessary information to a predetermined terminal device via a bus as needed. The host computer 1 is provided with a touch panel for inputting information, and also performs new information input, database change, and the like.

Since the terminal devices 2, 3,... Have the same configuration, only the terminal device 2 will be described below. The terminal device 2 is provided with ID identification means 21 for identifying an ID for specifying a dish on which a meal is served, and an electronic balance 22 for measuring the weight of the meal including the dish.

The ID identification means 21 is an optical identification means for optically reading ID information displayed on a plate, for example, a bar code printed, or a radio signal from a transmitter provided on the plate. ID receiving means for receiving and reading the transmitted ID information can be used. For example, a small ID sensor of a magnetic induction type or a radio wave type can be embedded in each dish. The electronic balance 22 electrically measures the weight of the meal placed on the plate and the weight of the plate returned after the meal and the remaining amount of the meal. The measurement result thus obtained is sent to the host computer 1 via the bus BAS together with the ID information.

Based on the ID information sent from the terminal device 2 and the information on the weight of the meal before and after the meal placed on the plate, the host computer 1 ingests the meal of the administrator determined in accordance with the ID. The amount is calculated and stored as a new database, and is compared with the optimal dietary intake for the administrator stored in advance as the database, and the excess or deficiency of the dietary intake is calculated and printed out by the printer 11. Or
The display is displayed on the display 12 to further simplify the management.

In the description of the above-described embodiment, a configuration is employed in which a plurality of terminal devices of a computer configuration are connected to the host computer 1 via a bus. However, the above-described system can be constructed with one computer. Is
Of course, it is possible if the processing of the host computer 1 is executed by the built-in CPU.

[0018]

As described above, in the food intake management system according to the present invention, the terminal device measures the amount of meal placed on the plate and the amount of meal actually ingested for each person to be managed, and determines the amount of the meal. Since the information is sent to the host computer 1 together with the ID information specifying the manager to manage the meal intake for each managed person, accurate meal intake information can be obtained, and the temporal change of the information can be obtained. If stored, information collection, aggregation, storage, and the like in relation to further other information can be performed quickly and accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration of an embodiment of a food intake management system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Host computer 2, 3 Terminal device 11 Printer 12 Display device 21 ID identification means 22 Electronic balance

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An I for identifying an ID for specifying a dish on which a meal is served.
D identification means, and an electronic balance for electrically measuring the weight of the meal including the plate, the weight of the meal placed on the plate measured by the electronic scale and the plate returned after the meal is completed And the weight information of the remaining amount of the meal, obtain the food intake amount of the managed person determined in accordance with the ID, store it as a new database, and optimize the managed person stored in advance as the database. A dietary intake management system for calculating an excess or deficiency of dietary intake in comparison with a normal dietary intake. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ID identifying means optically reads a bar code displayed on said plate, or ID information transmitted as a radio signal from a transmitter provided on said plate. 2. The food intake management system according to claim 1, which is an ID receiving unit that receives and reads. 3. A plurality of terminal computers having the ID identification means and the electronic balance are connected to a host computer via a bus, and ID information or a plate transmitted from the plurality of terminal computers via the bus is provided. 2. The dietary intake management system according to claim 1, wherein the host computer obtains the dietary intake of the managed person corresponding to the ID based on the information on the weight of the diet, and stores the dietary intake as a database.